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digamma
06-27-2006, 11:59 AM
So, the wife and I just finished watching the Lost Season 1 DVDs (we watched all 24 episodes in about eight days). We're thinking about buying the second season through Itunes. However, I noticed on the Itunes site that you can make back-up DVDs of the episodes, but they can't be used on your home dvd player. Is this because of the way the file is stored on the dvd--i.e., is it physically incompatible with the dvd player, or is it a legal issue?
SirFozzie
06-27-2006, 12:04 PM
it's because it's encrypted with DRM.
ThunderingHERD
06-27-2006, 12:08 PM
A video from iTunes would look like shit on your TV anyway.
digamma
06-27-2006, 12:08 PM
So, that means it isn't physically capable of being watched on a dvd player? Sorry, I don't know what DRM is.
SirFozzie
06-27-2006, 12:09 PM
Digital Rights Management. (Ie.. we can't trust you you scurvy pirates)

Basically, the only thing that ITunes Video can play on, is Itunes and video Ipods.
digamma
06-27-2006, 12:09 PM
Gotcha. Thanks, that's what I guessed, but didn't know for sure. Looks like we're going to have to watch on the computer or wait until October.
ThunderingHERD
06-27-2006, 12:13 PM
If you do decide to watch on your computer, ABC has several episodes available to <a href="http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing">stream for free</a>.
jbmagic
06-27-2006, 01:42 PM
So, the wife and I just finished watching the Lost Season 1 DVDs (we watched all 24 episodes in about eight days). We're thinking about buying the second season through Itunes. However, I noticed on the Itunes site that you can make back-up DVDs of the episodes, but they can't be used on your home dvd player. Is this because of the way the file is stored on the dvd--i.e., is it physically incompatible with the dvd player, or is it a legal issue?


Just get a apple a/v cable and you can connect the video ipod to the tv and watch it on tv.
wade moore
06-27-2006, 01:48 PM
Just get a apple a/v cable and you can connect the video ipod to the tv and watch it on tv.

Are you sure this works for video?
jbmagic
06-27-2006, 01:53 PM
Are you sure this works for video?


yes

Apple has there own audio/video cable for 19.99 that works for the 5th generation video ipod.


It works great
Daimyo
06-27-2006, 02:04 PM
A video from iTunes would look like shit on your TV anyway.
Have you tried it?
SirFozzie
06-27-2006, 02:12 PM
considering that it's supposedly encoded at 320x240, if true, then I wouldn't doubt it looks bad.
Daimyo
06-27-2006, 02:38 PM
*shurg* I watched most of the second season of Lost off my video iPod on a ~90" screen and it looked pretty good. Obviously not up to DVD quality, but at least equivalent to what you'd get DVR'ing off standard def cable.
Daimyo
06-27-2006, 02:39 PM
DOLA, my projector has a really good scaling chip though... I could see it looking pretty poor on a plasma or LCD display.
digamma
06-27-2006, 02:56 PM
Just get a apple a/v cable and you can connect the video ipod to the tv and watch it on tv.

Thanks. I don't actually have a video ipod, and I don't think I'm going to buy one for this. I was hoping to be able to pull them from Itunes, but it looks like that isn't an option.
-Mojo Jojo-
06-27-2006, 06:26 PM
*shurg* I watched most of the second season of Lost off my video iPod on a ~90" screen and it looked pretty good. Obviously not up to DVD quality, but at least equivalent to what you'd get DVR'ing off standard def cable.

I've watched The Daily Show downloaded from iTunes on my TV via an s-video cable from my laptop and it also looked pretty respectable. It might have been a little less sharp than standard cable TV, but barely...